The National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM) has a solid reputation in the fitness industry. When a new personal trainer at the beginning of his or her career is conducting research and trying to figure out which is the best and well-known CPT program to enroll in, you will find that NASM’s CPT program will appear a lot. You will either hear or see it a lot from fellow CPTs that have or are looking to get it or from fitness employers requiring the cert towards either employment or to move up to the next level in job status. This means that it is well worth the time to research and potentially place near the top 5 of your consideration. If you review their website, you’ll easily find information about all of the programs that they have to offer, the pricing, topics and concepts covered, etc. But the one thing that I can provide to you that you won’t gain from the website particularly a person with no previous educational knowledge or skills in the field is: W hat was it like? ...

  After determining the right CPT program has been selected and enrollment process has been completed, studying becomes the next big undertaking. In the very beginning, when I began studying with ISSA and realized the volume of information that I had to understand and remember, I felt overwhelmed and wondered if I had made a mistake. It was a lot of information that I had forgotten and left behind in high school and college that I didn’t know if I wanted to revisit. And then, I had to complicate the whole matter by signing up to study another CPT program (NASM) in the middle of still completing course work with the first CPT program! But, as I got things together and settled into both programs, I began to see the overall same framework of concepts and topics needed to successfully pass them: E xercise Science H uman Biology & Anatomy N utrition C lient Behavior & Personal Development O perating as an Effective and Professional Trainer B onus Sixth Topic: CPR and...

  Congrats! You have made a big decision and decided that becoming a certified personal trainer (CPT) is indeed for you! You realized that you are knowledgeable, articulate, compassionate, physically capable, have the desire and strive to become an awesome CPT to lead and drive others towards success! But now, you have to figure out which professional organization you will defer to in obtaining your certification as a personal trainer. As a person that just recently studied two programs at the same time, I am super enthused to provide all that I know about this topic and to help others decide on the best CPT program that suits their needs. The program providers that I will be discussing are as follows:   PROGRAM PROVIDERS TO DISCUSS: National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM) International Sports Science Association (ISSA) American Council on Exercise (ACE) American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) ...